The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Start a gluten-free baking business from home: cottage food and labeling rules, preventing cross-contamination, premium pricing, and building customer trust.

Learn how cottage bakers take wedding cake orders: state filling rules, per-serving pricing, deposits and agreements, tastings, and delivering a tiered cake safely.

Learn how to sell decorated sugar cookies from home: cottage food rules, pricing by design complexity, custom-order systems, and clean royal icing every time.

Selling cheesecake from home means handling refrigeration rules first. Learn the legal paths, pricing, best formats (mini jars, whole cakes), and safe handling.

How to sell cake pops from home: which frostings and coatings 8 states allow, what a pop costs to make, what 6 Homegrown vendors charge, and how to price party orders.

Learn how to sell bagels from home: cottage food rules, pricing by the dozen, keeping them fresh, and taking pre-orders so you bake to demand, not guesses.

What permits you need to sell at a Maine farmers market: the three pathways including the Home Food Processor License, food sovereignty, and the right to food.

What permits you need to sell at a West Virginia farmers market: the ag-department permit, the long exempt list, the under-a-roof sampling rule, and sales tax.

What permits you need to sell at a Utah farmers market: the two mutually exclusive home-food paths, the food freedom signage rule, county permits, and sales tax.